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.§§.....§§ ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE IN  THE LAND ~ ~ ~  ~ ..§..§...§
.§§§....§. ~ ~  ~ ~ BEYOND  THE GREAT  DAM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ...§..§...
.§.§§..... ~  IT WAS BUILT  IN THE  LATE SIXTIES. ~ ....§..§..
...§§§.... ~  ~  ~ THE ELVES CAME TO US THEN. ~ ~ ~ §....§..§.
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.§...§.§§. THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE .§§§....§.
..§....§§§ CAME  TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ US .§.§§....§
§..§...§.§ KIDS WOULD  PLAY DOWN  AT THE WATER EVEN ...§§§....
.§..§....§ THOUGH  WE WERE NOT ALLOWED. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...§.§§...
..§..§...§ ~  ~  SOMETIMES  THE  SLUICE WOULD CLOSE .....§§§..
...§..§... ENTIRELY,  AND  THE  RIVER AT  THE  DAMS .....§.§§.
....§..§.. FOOT WOULD DRY UP,  REVEALING THE  ROCKY .......§§§
§....§..§. WATER   GARDEN   THAT  HAD  BEEN  HIDDEN §......§.§
§§....§..§ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~  ~ ~ §§.......§
.§§....§.. ~ ~ ~  ~  BEFORE THE DAM  OPENED  AGAIN, §§§......§
.§§§....§. THERE WOULD BE  A SIGNAL, BUT  THE ELVES §.§§......
.§.§§....§ WOULD MAKE US NOT HEAR IT,  AND SUDDENLY ..§§§.....
...§§§.... WE WOULD FIND THE WATER  RISING, ALREADY ..§.§§....
...§.§§... AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ....§§§...
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.....§.§§. ~  BY THEN THE  ELVES WOULD  BE GONE.  ~ §.....§§§.
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